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From: Luc Hellinckx <luc.hellinckx at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Events"

To whom it may concern,

Upcoming Dutch/Flemish cultural festival in Berlin: http://flachlandfest.de/

Too bad that Northern Germany was left out of the picture. To my knowledge,
flachland-culture doesn't stop at the "Pale".

Kind greetings,

Luc Hellinckx

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Events

Thanks, Luc.

What you're seeing there is typical of the average view in Germany.  It is
also consistent with European attitudes that compartmentalize cultures by
political boundaries. It'll take a while for this to go away, if it ever
will.  It is disheartening when organizations of younger people perpetuate
such outmoded views.

Obviously, the entire northern half of Germany is *Flachland* ("flat land")
and is on an old cultural and linguistic continuum with the "Low Countries"
(today's Belgium and Netherlands), thus in this regard ought to be seen as a
part of the "Low Countries". The fact that many people do not see it as such
(which to northern "extremists" may seem like an insult) is the result of
long-time Germanization.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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